RESISTANCE AND UNREST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500280001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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18, U.B.C. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia REPORT
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SUBJECT Resistance and Unrest DATE DISTR. 28 September 1955
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sometime in 1952 about 15 to 20 persons were
arrested for their alleged complicity in placing a time bomb in the
home of a certain StB official who lived
in Cerncice. They were also alleged to have placed a bomb in the
home of anoth*r avid Communist who lived
in Versovice. The above-mentioned group of individuals was
convicted and sent away.
had had stones thrown through the windows of his home. He allegedly
had shutters installed on all the windows of his home to discourage
a recurrence of this incident.
sometime in 1952 a member of the StB in Louny
success in its work
this resistance group in Louny enjoyed much
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Religious Demonstrations of an Anti-Regime Nature
I manifestations of religious groups against the regime.
was hardly possible in Czechoslovakia since
the clergy there was State-suflnorted. In the case of the Cathelie
cnuron, the priests had not had any connection with Rome since about
1952, and only pro-regime type clergymen were permitted to officiate.
interned in a forced labor camp somewhere in Slovakia.-?- ---
Communist Po2ularity
soya e
the Communists were losing ground in Czeoho-
the attitude of t the people toward the present government was very
disapproving, especially in the case of agricultural workers.
These workers, some of whom formerly owned farms but were now
working for the State after having had their farms confiscated, did
very often there were news items about these people and their poor
work, It was common knowledge that agricultural workers in general
were deliberately slowing down their work, since most of the former
land owners were not benefiting by the amount or quality of their
food output.
Military Desertions
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Secret Control was off-limits-to--EM; only
officers were permitted to enter, about
five or six notices came into this office each week, reporting new
deserters from the army. Most of them were from the infantry.
These notices were in the form of "Wanted" posters, stating from
what unit each individual had deserted and giving a general descrip-
tion of each deserter.
whenever a soldier failed to report to his unit within 24 -hours
after expiration of his pass or leave, he was classified as a
deserter. This, however, did not necessarily indicate a desertion
into foreign countries.
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10. Whenever a deserter was apprehended, a special notice stating "search
is ended" was circulated, These notices indicated the name and unit
of the deserter, as well as the serial number of the first notice
for reference purposes.
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Mail Censorship
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people were opposed to mail censorship and there-
fore did not write as many letters as the would have liked.
mail going abroad was
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censored.
12. packages mailed to destina-
tions outside of, zec oslovakia were also opened and inspected.
Sometime in February 1955f at the Loun ost o
v ua s submi ing packages for inspection. All the
contents of their packages were laid out on a table and checked by
a customs official. This practice undoubtedly increased the
animosity of the people against the Communist regime.
13. A poster on one of the post office windows listed days on which
packages intended for mailing outside of Czechoslovakia were
ned
Estimate of Resistance Potential
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the resistance potential of Czechoslovakia. However,
it would be very difficult to estimate in numbers
about 50 percent of the people would resist the regime
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as vely, and possibly another 5 or 10 percent could be swayed, if
the people knew that they had a fair opportunity of succeeding
with a resistance movement and were assured of assistance by
outside forces. Many individuals, espeoially those with large
families, were going along with the regime because they felt that
it would be of no use to resist.
with the city of Most (N 50-32, E 13-39)-
it was hard to estimate the percentage of its
population which would actively support and or join Allied forces
should the occasion arise. 80 erce
would respond/
Comment: Cerncice and Versovice are villages located within
five kilometers of Louny.
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SUBJECT Resistance and Unrest
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Alleged Active Resistance Group in Louny
In Louny (N 50-21, E 13-48). This organization allegedly had the
there was a resistance organization
mission of eliminating Communists who were well known for their
party activities.
rarely .did anyone talk about it
for fear of being heard by the wrong person? the
membership consisted of people such as factory workers, farmers
and former shopkeepers.
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one individual was arrested sometime in 1951 and
sentenced for 10 years to the Jachymov uranium mines where most
political prisoners were interned. He was sentenced for alleged
anti-state activity in connection with placing a bomb in the house
of a certain Dr. Soukup, a resident of Louny. Soukup was known
for reporting people to the StB. Although he was not home at the
time of the explosion, considerable damage was done to his
property. As a result of this incident, the home of the sentenced
individual was confiscated and his family was ordered to leave the
property.
Lan lemployee of the Czechoslovak
Railroads CSD was arrested
the material for making the home-made bomb used in the above
cited incident was stolen from the CSD. This man was also tried
and given a very severe sentence
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